Law of Norway

The first state-issued national Law-Code for Norway was Magnus Lagabøtes landslov (or the 'Code of the Norwegian Realm'), issued in 1274 by Magnus VI of Norway.

[1] The Constitution of Norway was adopted on 16 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.

Especially in private law, large parts of legal development are left to the Supreme Court.

As an example, areas such as ordinary contract law are scarcely legislated by the Storting.

Although an attempt at codification was in the works from 1953 to 1999, the project was subsequently disbanded.